William E. Dee Co. v. Proviso Coal Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ oE Error to the First Branch Appellate Court for the First District; — heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Martin M. GridlEy, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
In February, 1901, the plaintiffs in error, James S. Stephens and Oliver J. Westcott, were partners in business as manufacturers of structural iron and steel specialties on premises owned by them adjacent to the Chicago Great Western railway in Maywood, in Cook county, and at that time they started a retail coal business on the same premises under the name of Proviso Coal Company. They conducted the business as a partnership until February 11, 1903, when they obtained a charter changing their partnership in the coal business to a corporation under the same name, with a capital stock of…
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